Grammatophyllum multiflorum Lindl. 1838
Photos by Jim Cootes, courtesy of Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III
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Common Name or Meaning The Multiflowered Grammatophyllum
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found only in the Philippines at elevations up to 300 meters as a large sized, hot growing epiphyte with 6" [15 cm] long, pseudobulbs carrying 4, oblanceolate, acute, smooth, rather thick leaves that blooms in the late spring and summer on basal, arching to 5' [1.5 m] long, many [100] flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Grammatophyllum multiflorum f. citrinum (Valmayor & D.Tiu) D.Tiu 2009; Grammatophyllum scriptum f. citrinum Valmayor & D.Tiu 1983; Pinalia profusa (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1862; Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 2 Ames 1908; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Australian Orchid Review Vol 66 No 6 2001 photo; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Australian Orchid Review Vol 72 No 2 2007 photo; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 as G scriptum photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #5 2017 drawing fide;
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